Nick Thiong’o is a Bloomberg Financial Journalism Fellow and a former Associate Editor of Business Post based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Vulnerabilities Threaten Kenya’s Vaunted Fintech
More than 75 percent of Kenyan citizens have access to financial services through mobile devices, increasing the risk of cybercrime and putting pressure on public and private stakeholders to invest more in cybersecurity.
Bill Gates
Gates Foundation Supports Tech in Kenya Despite Political Turmoil
Melinda Gates, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, launched Pathways for Prosperity, a commission on technology and inclusive development in Nairobi, Kenya. The technological innovations that the commission is investigating is at a nascent stage in Kenya, however, and political turmoil threatens real progress.
